CLOUD COMPUTING

With new technology brings questions about security and cost. We want you to move towards web applications with hesitation.

WHY MOVE TO THE CLOUD?

In-house infrastructure is costly, requiring a large physical location in the office, an IT person or two to manage the systems, and upgrades and maintenance that do not seem to stop.

HIGH COST

In-house infrastructure requires investments into IT personnel, expensive equipment and large spaces in offices. The time and money spent to purchase and integrate hardware and software add up quickly!

LOWERS PERFORMANCE

Updates and maintenance can delay work and decision making. As well, contractor and worker data must be entered or imported once it is received in the office, accumulating to lost time and money.

RESISTANCE TO CHANGE

Increases to business requirements can be expensive and reductions can leave you with unnecessary equipment that loses value quickly.

BENEFITS OF THE CLOUD

SCALABILITY

With the IDN’s platform, you only have to pay for what you use. You can scale usage according to your business and market requirements by adding or removing resources as needed. We can add storage as needed when your business grows too!

PUBLIC & SECURE

A Public Cloud allows service providers, like IDN, to make database storage and web applications available over the Internet while maintaining high levels of security. With multiple overlapping tiers of security, your database has total protection from any external intruders.

AFFORDABLE

Eliminate downtime and IT costs for any server issues and updates while receiving the benefits of shared resources and costs of the platform across users. You won’t need to purchase or install hardware or software that doesn’t integrate with your current systems seamlessly.

RELIABLE & MOBILE

Access your information 24/7, 365 with any mobile device, iPad, or computer. Our infrastructure and platform make our solutions suitable for business continuity and disaster recovery. Your team will be more productive on the go and in the office.

3 TIERS OF CLOUD COMPUTING

1. INFRASTRUCTURE AS A SERVICE

IaaS is the most basic cloud-service model that offers computing infrastructure as a service to Users. IaaS provides fundamental computing resources including processing, storage, networks, location, data partitioning, security, and backup. IDN’s infrastructure is provided by our partner Rackspace.

BENEFITS OF IAAS:

No longer need to purchase expensive servers or infrastructure resources.

Minimize the cost of internal IT for maintaining and integrating infrastructure.

Distribute cost of infrastructure with other Users using the same services.

2. PLATFORM AS A SERVICE

PaaS is provided by qualified developers, like IDN, on a cloud infrastructure to develop applications built using programming languages, libraries, services, and tools. The End User is involved in designing the application with custom configuration and integration with pre-existing systems.

BENEFITS OF PAAS:

Use pre-built tools and application environment, instead of building from scratch.

Get IT expertise when you need it, rather than hiring general internal IT.

3. SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE

SaaS allows End Users to access application software and databases from any Web Browser on the Internet. The End User is not involved in designing the application, but they can configure User-specific settings. SaaS is provided by our application partners IDN12, Sustainable Elements, or STOworx.

BENEFITS OF SAAS:

No investment into high-cost native software that is only available on one device.

No installation, manual updates, or high cost IT maintenance required.